Today we visited the wildlife sanctuary, we learnt about poachers, the dangers of snares and saw how long giraffe bones were. We moved around little huts with beautiful art and went into great depth on the human and elephant conflict. We also learnt about the bird protection programmes that the park has. We learnt that elephants don't like chilli, so the communities with farms near elephant habitats are encouraged to plant chilli plants around their crops to prevent the elephants from eating them, and stop humans killing them instead. One of the rangers took us on a nature walk, where we learnt about trees, animal footprints and what different groups of animals are called. For example, a group of guinea fowl are called a confusion and a group of zebras is called a dazzle!
Next, we walked over to the viewing platform to see the baby elephants feeding time. Their names were Nanzhilla, which means naughty, and Kasungu. Both elephants had been rescued when they were only a few months old. We got to take lots of pictures and learnt about the rehabilitation programmes and the parks set up to release the elephants back into the wild. After a quick lunch we then headed out for coaching.
We headed out to three different schools and coached some tag rugby match, as well as played some games. It was really nice to meet the children, spend time with them and have lots of fun during the games. Some groups played lots of fun activities with the children like bulldog, stuck in the mud and taught them to dance the macarena. Lots of the children we coached were really talented and seemed to have lots of fun. Finally we came back to camp and had a relaxed evening, with a delicious curry for dinner. We are excited for our plans tomorrow!
Written by Bronwyn and Freya
Loving reading the blogs, seeing your TV interviews and all the pictures, looks like you are getting the most out of your time there, enjoy every minute, lots of love
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